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Mon 07 Jul 2009China riot deaths reach 156 - report
The death toll from ethnic violence in China's northwest Xinjiang region has risen to 156, and unrest spread to the city of Kashgar, where police dispersed a gathering of 200 people, state media reported.
Angry protesters from the Uighur minority took to the streets of the regional capital Urumqi on Sunday, burning and smashing vehicles and shops, and clashing with anti-riot police.
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